Operation Gratitude is an organization which supports American troops with not only tangible items such as food, games, and toys, but also supports the troops emotionally with hand written letters of gratitude and uplifting messages from home. My prekindergarten class sent pictures & short messages to Captain Erik. He actually responded and told us all about how his men were repairing a damaged school and how he used all my student's pictures to decorate the classrooms so the children could come back to a pretty classroom again. Operation Gratitude helped all my students and their parents feel so proud of the job that America is doing in Iraq. No media report this kind of news!